2023 Sections
Speculation: HTC Vive’s Tracking Uses Inivisible, Projected Markers for 360 Degree Inside-Out Tracking
There's still a lot of unanswered questions surrounding HTC's Steam VR Headset the Vive, not least of which how exactly the tracking solution works. There is one theory that has emerged which does offer a plausible solution.
Yesterday, in the chaos...
‘Pluto’ Brings Cross-App VR Chat to Every SteamVR App, Now Available in Early Access
Pluto, a Seattle based VR startup which reeled in a $14 million Series A investment last year, today launched their unique Pluto application in Early Access via Steam. Instead of functioning as a standalone VR chatroom like many social VR...
‘Sprint Vector’ Review – Innovative Locomotion Makes Adrenaline-soaked Foot Racing a Reality
Sprint Vector (2018) is a VR racing game of a different stripe. Dubbed an "adrenaline platformer" by production studio Survios, the developers behind Raw Data (2017), it actually sticks to some pretty well-established arcade racing tropes pioneered by the Mario Kart franchise. Still, it's...
Update to SteamVR Suggests Valve is Still Working on a Standalone Headset
Valve is a notorious black box when it comes to basically everything. A recent update to Steam client for VR though suggests the company is still working behind the scenes on what appears to be its long-awaited standalone VR...
Meta Sharpens the Axe for Quest 1: First-party Social Ends in March, Security Patches in 2024
It seems Meta is finally taking the original 2019 Quest behind the shed this year, as the company announced it's set to deprecate first-party social features on the device, which includes access to Parties and Meta Horizon Home. Meta also...
Halo Composer Marty O’Donnell on the Music and Design of Golem for PSVR
Marty O'Donnell, a composer most famous for his beloved work on Bungie's Halo Series, talks to Ben Lang about his new developer start-up Highwire Games - whose first title Golem is coming this year for PlayStation VR.
"My approach to...
Sony Announces ‘XYN’ Standalone MR Headset Prototype for Creatives, Release Date & Pricing Still to Be...
Sony announced a new prototype version of its previously revealed XR standalone for enterprise. Codenamed 'XYN', the company says it's targeting creators looking to make spatial content.
Update (January 9th, 2025): A previous version of this article reported that XYN...
Social Dynamics Within Sony’s PlayStation VR Social VR Experiments
At GDC this year, Sony revealed some of their first experiments into social VR with a four-person demo that was showing at their press event. The avatars looked like South Park characters, and the thumbs up or down gestures...
Racing in Assetto Corsa on the Oculus Rift DK2 is a Flawed Revelation
Oculus have prescribed that for this generation of its VR headsets, the target experience is resolutely a seated one. This means that racing games are a match made in heaven for the DK2. And, after a period of drought...
‘Boneworks’ Update Adds New Weapon, Sandbox Maps, & “significant improvements” to Player Physics
A new Boneworks patch, Update 1.4, has been released with a handful of additions and tweaks.
Update (April 10th, 2020): The Boneworks update 1.4 is available now. Developer Stress Level Zero has detailed the new update in an official post.
Those who...
9 ‘Half-Life: Alyx’ Mods We’d Love to See
Half-Life: Alyx has only been out for a week now, but many who have finished the game are already itching for more. While we don't expect to see any major post-release changes to the game from Valve itself, the...
‘Farpoint’ + PSVR Aim Review
Sony's new VR peripheral, the PSVR Aim, launches today alongside Farpoint, a sci-fi VR FPS that was specially made with the controller in mind. Those who have been PlayStation fans for many years will remember that this isn't the first...
Live Webinar: Get Insider Insights on Marketing XR Startups & Content This Wednesday
Join Road to VR's Ben Lang and VentureBeat's Dean Takahashi for a live discussion hosted by Spatial Collective about the challenges and opportunities of marketing XR startups, games, and apps.
Organized by XR veteran Don Stein, Spatial Collective is a network of...
Social VR Startup Raises $57 Million Investment Led by Major Japanese Mobile Network
Japanese social VR startup HIKKY announced today that it has raised ¥6.5 billion (~$57 million), led by Japanese mobile network operator NTT Docomo. The startup says it will use the funds to expand its web-based metaverse platform.
Founded in 2018,...
‘PlayStation VR Worlds’ Gets New Features to Improve Casual and Competitive Play
PlayStation VR Worlds is a collection of VR mini-games created by Sony's talented London Studio. The studio has detailed new features designed to improve first-time VR experiences for those showing VR to their friends and family, and competitive features...




















